LoD -
Re: "what lower quality components does DELL use?"
I understand that Dell provides its specs to its suppliers and then takes the best price. This causes suppliers to cut corners wherever possible. Don't attack me on this - I'm just repeating what I've heard.
re: 450 vs. 500mhz
The 10% gain in speed would have bumped the net price by about 10% - a reasonable difference for the gain. Nevertheless, I will be replacing the computer at a point when the 450/500mhz won't make any difference in performance, so for me there is no need to pay for the extra speed.
re: options
300wat, 128mb ram, floppy, 10gb hard drive, 5X dvd rom, soundblaster live, velocity 400 nvidia riva tnt 16mb video card, cordless keyboard & mouse, sportster v90 voice modem, 250mb zip drive, win98 sbe.
Aaron |
